That would mean Al could be all over the place -- Food Network, The Weather Channel and NBC!

I love Al Roker; really, I once ran into him at IKEA. And I've interviewed him; he's a very nice person, but do we really want him to be another Regis Philbin? Sure, he's a comfy, familiar face, but where's new talent?

On Sunday, Zucker did a phone interview with The New York Times and confirmed that talent from NBCU could be appearing on The Weather Channel, and vice versa, when the deal is done. Still, for the life of me, I can't name a single Weather Channel name that would be suited for Deal or No Deal or Heroes, can you?

It's more likely that The Weather Channel as it has been for the past 26 years is going to change -- dramatically. NBCU hasn't acquired it to keep it all weather, all the time. I may be cynical, but I have no faith in Zucker, don't buy into his success, and figure he's going to bastardize what was meant to be a service channel.

Do people really watch the Weather Channel when there isn't a major weather event affecting them at that moment (or within the next day or so)? The whole concept of turning to a channel and waiting for them to give you the bare statistics of the weather in your area, if they cover your area at all, seems so unbelievably stupid, I can't even fathom it.

This channel's going to go downhill even worse then what it is today. It's green-speak is so ridiculous at this point, NBC is going to make this station into some kind Al Gore Love Channel. I will only watch it if it can go back to it's roots, weather. No gardening and no climate change farce shows. I can't stand to watch Al Roker...